Fragrant Iris
Fragrant Irises
Fragrance is often an overlooked quality of the bearded irises. This can be difficult to understand because the perfumes produced from some of these fragrant flowers vary from light and sweet to heavily scented, dusky and even a "chocolate" essence. If you specifically want fragrant iris flowers, you will be pleased with the following selection from our fragrant irises.
The fragrant Iris often have a sweet scent that makes them doubly enjoyable as a cut flower.
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Martile Rowland$9.50(Howard Bushnell, 2000) TB, 36-38 inches (91-97 cm), E Ruffled and laced lemon yellow, F. fading to white around uniform fire engine red orange beard; slight spicy fragrance. HM 2004. -
Mary Frances$13.00(L. Gaulter, 1973) TB, 38 inches (97 cm), M Ruffled light blue-orchid with white center on F.; white beard tipped yellow, orange throat. HM 1974, AM 1976, Dykes 1979. Fragrant Iris. -
Masked Bandit$8.00(Keith Keppel, 1998) IB, 26 inches (66 cm), EM & SA S. blended greyed mauve to wineberry shading to khaki on outer third, speckled colonial buff in center; style arms buckthorn brown, edged brass; F. chrome lemon ground heavily marked velvety port wine to dahlia purple, almost solid except for blaze and haft striping; beards sudan brown to burnt umber; heavily ruffled; pronounced sweet fragrance. -
Master Plan$11.00((Keppel '95) TB, 35 inches (89 cm), M Large imposing plicata; muted purplish rose S. & border on ivory F.; ruffled. Pronounced sweet fragrance. Awards - HM 1997 -
Mauvelous$8.25(Monty Byers, 1988) TB, SA, 36 inches (91 cm), M S. very smooth mauve pink; F. pearly white, mauve pink hafts, narrow suffused mauve pink edge; blue beard heavily tipped bright orange-red; short blue horns; heavily ruffled; slight sweet fragrance. -
Melancholy Man$8.00(R.Nelson 1994) TB 35 inches (89 cm), M Silvery violet-blue,deeper thumbprints on F B-self tipped orange;sweet fragrance -
Mellow Magic$8.50(P.Black 1992) TB, 36 inches (91 cm), L S-pink diffused to bluish mauve edge F-white around cocoa pink B;fragrant -
Men In Black$10.50(Larry Lauer, 1998) TB, 34 inches (86 cm), ML Ruffled blackish purple, F. with deep lavender central flush; beards deep purple, hairs tipped mustard, changing to mustard central section, bright yellow in throat; slight sweet fragrance. HM 2000. -
Mescal$10.50(Jim & Vicki Craig, 1996) TB, 40 inches (102 cm), L S. light lemon yellow, center paler; style arms bright yellow; F. warm white, 1/4 inches lemon yellow rim, medium yellow plicata veins and dotting at haft; beards yellow; ruffled, lightly laced; slight sweet fragrance. -
Midnight Fragrance$8.00(S. Stevens,1990) TB, 29 inches (74 cm), M Heavily ruffled violet black; self beard; pronounced sweet fragrance. Dusky Dancer X Navy Strut. HM 1993 -
Millennium Falcon$9.00(Brad Kasperek, 2000) TB, 38 inches (97 cm), M S-light wisteria blue,silver white streaks F-royal blue,silver white streaks B-orange-blue;fragrant. HM 2002, AM 2004, Wister 2008. -
Mind Reader$8.00(Keith Keppel, 1994) TB, 36 inches (91 cm), E S-mignon over pale ground,paler edge F-deeper in center B-white-lemon;pronounced sweet fragrance. HM 1996, AM 1998 -
Minneola$49.50(George Sutton, 2005) BB, 26 inches (66 cm), EM & RE S. cadmium orange; style arms tangerine orange; F. blend of tangerine orange and apricot, dark orange veins; beards fire red, very wide; ruffled, light lace; slight spicy fragrance. Eggnog X Orange Popsicle. HM 2007 -
Miss Piggy$13.00(T. Burseen, 1997) TB, 35 inches (89 cm), ML S-dark plum purple F-blackish burgundy,white haft striations B-gold; ruffled, sweet fragrance -
Missouri Rose$8.00(Jim Hedgecock, 1995) TB, 34 inches (86 cm), M S-rose pink F-rose,paler hafts & center streak B-tangerine orange;fragrant. Beauty Crown X Homecoming Queen. -
Misty Twilight$8.00(Monty Byers, 1988) TB, 38 inches (97 cm), M-L & RE Heavily ruffled pale violet-blue, misty green white center on F.; medium blue beard tipped yellow in throat; slight sweet fragrance.Reliable rebloom for us in zone 8.
Reported to rebloom in zones 3 to 9.
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Mo-Town Sister$9.50(G.Nicholson 1999) TB, 36-38 inches (91-97 cm), M S. light grape juice; style arms same, golden inner glow; F. velvety deep tokay grape, thin white rim, white area near beard peppered deep grape; beards orange, deepening in throat, white at end and on base of hairs; heavily ruffled; slight musky fragrance. Flights of Fancy X unknown. -
Monday-Monday$8.00(Roger Nelson, 1992),TB, 29 inches (74 cm), EML Smooth bright deep lavender blue, F. with lighter area near beard; beards deep lavender blue, some gold orange deep in throat; ruffled, pleated; pronounced sweet fragrance. -
Monty's Sweet Blue$8.25(Byers 1994) TB 36 inches (91 cm), M SA Dark blue-violet B-yellow tipped light blue,dark blue-violet flounces or horns;fragrant -
Morwenna$8.00(R. Nichol 1991) TB 38 inches (97 cm) M. The standards are pale blue, deeper at midrib and the falls are pale blue. Fragrant Iris.
Looking for the most fragrant Iris. Try using the search function for the word "pronounced" which should return all the varieties that have a pronounced fragrance.
Some of the tall bearded Iries are also Reblooming Iris. You will be able to identify them when you see the "RE" in the description. RE is for Reblooming (Irises). Some of the reblooming irises are also very fragrant Irises